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1964 Lincoln Cent Transitional on Clad Dime Planchet
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The rim looks pretty well defined to be struck on a dime planchet.  But I'm no expert in these wrong planchet items.  How have you determined it's on a dime planchet?

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I would think If it is on a dime planchet, it would be silver in colour. It looks to me like someone has ground the rim down to make it the diameter of a dime and as CRAWTOMATIC stated, the rim is too defined. 

This is what a cent on dime looks like. Note colour and lack of rim all the way around.

Cent on dime planchet.jpg

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Since the mint was still striking silver dimes in 1964, it would be very unlikely that a clad dime planchet would find its way accidentally into the cent bin. Add to that the presence of a complete rim, and lack of silver coloring, as the others have mentioned, and I am going to say that this is merely a worn and damaged cent, minted on a cent planchet.

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Silver dimes were coined right through 1965, as were 1964-dated cents, so it is possible for a 1964 cent to be struck on clad dime planchet, though the coin illustrated appears to be a normal cent with environmental damage.

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1 hour ago, DWLange said:

Silver dimes were coined right through 1965, as were 1964-dated cents, so it is possible for a 1964 cent to be struck on clad dime planchet, though the coin illustrated appears to be a normal cent with environmental damage.

I knew that the silver dimes were minted after 1964, but I was not aware that '64 cents were also minted later. Thanks for that info.

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I wrote a four-part series of articles about the 1964-dated coinage for The Numismatist which will be reprinted in NGC's eNews starting in September. 

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